Episode Transcript
[00:00:09] Well, hey, friends, welcome back to another edition of the weekday podcast. All week long, we've been talking about this invisible battle. And Paul speaks to it when he talks about this idea in Romans 12:2, where he says, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Now, I don't know if you've ever been there. Have you ever tried to just think positive and wondered, why doesn't that last?
[00:00:28] And the reason why is because positivity can't do what truth can. Real transformation isn't about actually trying harder, but it's actually about surrendering deeper. Now, when Paul uses the word renewing, it means this complete renovation. You can think about it sort of like demolition day on a home renovation show. You've got to tear out the old to make space for the new. And that's what God does in your mind. He doesn't just repaint the walls, he actually rebuilds the structure.
[00:00:55] And notice when Paul says, be transformed, that phrase is actually passive because it's God that does the transforming. Our job is to stay open. Transformation starts when we replace lies with truth. And so I want to give you a couple of examples today. One is, I'm unlovable. What if you replace that lie with the truth from Romans 8:39 that says, nothing can separate me from God's love? Or how about this lie I can't change?
[00:01:20] What if you replace it with Philippians 4, verse 13, where Paul says I can do all things through Christ? Or how about God's forgotten me? What if you replace it with Hebrews 13, verse 5 that says he will never leave you nor forsake you? Or how about this lie? My past defines me. What if you replace it with 2 Corinthians 5, 17, that if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation? Like, each time you choose truth, what you begin to do is you carve a new path in your brain, and over time, it becomes the default route your mind travels. Now, think about ruts on a dirt road. If you drive over them often enough, they get deeper until they're hard to escape. That's what lies do. When you start driving a new route with God's truth, those old ruts begin to fade or picture reorganizing your closet. For weeks you keep reaching for where your shirts used to be, but soon your brain adjusts. That new pattern becomes natural. And what I found is that habits don't just disappear, they have to get replaced. So I want to encourage you today to pick one lie you've believed this week. Write that lie down then find one verse that contradicts it. Read it, say it, pray it, post it. And when the lie reappears, and it will fight it with the same verse again. And over time, that truth becomes instinct. Because God isn't asking you to fix yourself. He's inviting you to trust him with your mind. And the spirit of God is your thought renovator, your truth builder, your freedom giver. And so here's what I believe. For every lie that you've believed, God has a truth that can set you free. And when you replace what's false with what's true, you don't just think differently, you actually live differently. Have a great day. We'll see you back here soon.
